The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-03-04


Mr. Miner In explanation and advocacy OF
IL. ne bill went over as unfinished Dilsl
ness. lno House amendments ~ the sun.
ury ciw. phi were presented ami disagreed
| Ia IN IN X, anu u conference asked Al
1:O5 the Senate went into secret session, anu
| AT I'D u. IN. adjourned.
Senalor SiiVrm IN presented comniunica.
tlvs 10 Itiv SENATE. reslgning the lr .sidvncy
Oh thal uouy. The communication was
ordered 10 Uc entered IN the journal and
pHu'ei on fie.
From t,c informal talk among the SEN
aD1rs This AFTERNOON II Is believed that either
Senator H0ar or Senator ingalls, will be
selected to succeed Senator Sherman as
president or the Senate. In addition t. their
| well-kn0wn standing and long experience
both are expert parllamentariIns.
House.
FEB. 16.--The House insisted upon its
amendments to the Senate trade-dollur bill,
anu agreed to the conference requested by
the 5 nate.
Mr.. Rice, from the committee on foreign
| Affairs, reported q resolution calling on tile
Secretary OF State for copies of certain
correspondence on lille in his department on
the subject or Venezuelan claims. Adopted
| Also calling Oh tho Secretary for infOrm,
ti0n rs To what action mas been taken to ppi-
tect the interests Of American citizens
| whose property was destroyed by insurgents
| at Aspinwall. Adopted.
MIR. Hill, from the committee on territories
reported bill for the organic tton of the
territory of Alaska. Committee OH The
whole.
Mr. Hatch attempted to secure consider
ton OF the pleur0-pneunionia bii, Dut
abandoned tho attempt WHEN il wis evident
the point or no quorum would be r.isr,.
against his notion
EulOgles were then delivered ON the life
OF the late Senator Logan, and the House
adjourned.
FEB. 1.-THE speaker laid before tn.
House the message from the President ir-
turning without his approval tile Dili appro
prating $1,000 Tor the special distribution
Vf Iced To the drOu5nt-Strlcken cOunt.c, oi
Texas. Mr. Lanham, who introduced tue
oil, moved that the oil ANA veto be referred
to the agriculture committee. lie sau rs
the government was nc cilStOmed to make Il
general distribution of seed it DID not seem
uncOu -titutiOnal to concentrate that disLr-
button IN a particular locality where the
need was greatest His motion to refer was
lost The question. would the House pass
the bill over the veto. WAS decided in the
ncgaiive-nal s, 100; yeas. 3D.
The conference report on the antimOrlnOn
bill. was agreed to- US, O; NAYS, 40.
FEB. lS-ln the House, on motion of Mr.
TOwnshend the Senate amendments tuLIe
Invalid pension bin were nOn-concurreu in,
ami u conference Ordered.
The House thei went into committee of
the whole CHR. Hammond IN the chair,
THE further CONSIDERATION OF the Senate
amendments to the sundry civil appr0prla.
ZION bill.
After disposing Of l'6 Of the a6O amend
merts, the committee rose and took recess
till evening.
The House ut its evening session passed
twenty three pension bliis, ana AT I0:1J ;ui-
jOnrled.
Fen. l9Mr. Cobb, from the conference
committee on tine bill repeating the pre-
emption timber culture an,l deser, land acts,
l., ported Il continued disagreement.
Att: II few remarks b, Mr.. Cobb, In ex-
PLANTATION of the disagree, iilenL IN Tie couisa
of which he said that he WAS auth rizen 10
state that the Secretary of the IutertOr, to- |
day, stood sllle by side AMI should, 40
shoulder with General Sparks in his au-
minlstration of the land Oflice) the furtnei
consideration of the repair was postponed
for the present
After consideration OK various measures
the House adjourned.
FED. .L-Mr. Henderson, from the com.
miltec on elections. to-day submitted to the
House report on the Indiana contested
election case of Kidd against Steele, and il
was lad over until Thursday The report,
which is unai inlG.s, confirms tho right OF
the cOnte>tee (Steeie) to tile seat.
Mr.. Cobb CT led up the conference report
IA report OF Misrepresentation the bill re.
pealing the presumption, tlmbel-culture, and
and by IL vote of SO to 3, the report of the
cOnferrees was accepted, anu on motion of
Mr. CoLb the House voted to refuse to re.
ceue from its disagreement To the Senate
amendments and to agree to the request fol-
further conference.
FEB. .2-rhe House resumed in CON-
mlttee of the WHOLE the consideration OF
Senate amendments to the sundry civil APP
preparation Dill.
The recommendations of the committee
OH appropriations were cOncurred In. and,
the committee having risen, q conference
was ordered OH the diSa. reeing votes of the
two houses.
A substitute for Mr. McAdoos ordnance
bill was referred.
The House then went into committee of
the whole (AIr. McMlll II IN the chalr) ioi
the consideration OF the Senate amendments
to the pOstOiiice bill. The only amendment
upon which non concurrence is recommends
Ell is that apprOprnthIg ) 00,CO0 FOR the
transportation OF foreign mails by American
steamships to Southern and Central America
anil the empie of Brazil.
Nj. Burrows moved Il concurrence and
spoke in favor OF his motion.
Pending further debate the committee
rose, ami the House Proceeded TO the con-
sdrrutiOn of resolution, expressive of regret
at the ucath of Senator Austin +. Pike, of
New hampshire.
Eu ogics were delivered BY Messrs. Haynes
anu Gdlingrr of New Hampshire, Long of
Mass ,chuSetis Holman of Indiana, Brown
OF Pennsylvania, Rockwell of Massachu-
sets, Dinyley Of Maine. and Cutcheon OF
Michi-un. and then, as marx OF respect
to the memory OF The deceased, the House
adtouirpu